And how does this play out 5-10 years into your career? Once I saw a recruiting ad for a law firm that said "Tier 1 JD's only" or something to that effect.

Ten years into a career, if any graduate needs to go to the funny papers to find a job because they haven't networked themselves sufficiently, then they are probably damaged goods somehow. And frankly, ten years into a career if the hiring boss is still more interested in what you did ten years ago rather than what you've done in the ten years since then, you probably don't want to work there.

Just my personal belief.

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SamE397

I'm a little bit confused about this thread. If were speaking generalities than Tier 1 will always be better than tier 2. Also you said a low tier 2 versus a low tier 1. Does that mean like Hofstra vs. American?

I assume you meant a school ranked 50-65 or so versus a school ranked versus a school ranked 35-50. In which case, I would say it depends on the region for example, I don't think that going to like UConn is going to give you a bump in the LA market versus going to Loyola Marmount.